rosszban töri a fejét

Hungarian

Etymology

rossz (“bad, evil, wrong”) +‎ -ban (“in”, case suffix) +‎ tör (“to break; plot”) +‎ -i (personal suffix) +‎ a (“the”) +‎ fej (“head”) +‎ -e (“his/her/its”, possessive suffix) +‎ -t (accusative suffix), literally “to break one's head in evil [things]” (to plot/plan something bad)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrozbɒn ˈtøri ɒ ˈfɛjeːt]

Verb

rosszban töri a fejét

1. (idiomatic) to be up to some mischief

   Synonym: rosszban sántikál

Conjugation

• For the verb, see the definite conjugation of tör.
• The inflected noun rosszban remains unchanged.
• The noun fej takes the appropriate possessive suffix according to the subject of the sentence plus the accusative suffix: fejem/fejemet, fejed/fejedet, fejét, fejünket, fejeteket, fejüket.

See also

• töri a fejét